This Is The Soul Generation Posted by Junior

Soul Generation: Super Fine and Sweet Thing From: Beyond Body & Soul [Ebony Sounds Records, 1972] Sometimes you hear a track and it stops you in your tracks, makes you exclaim "God damn" and before you know it has become a staple of your playlist. A recent addition to this treasured group was the Soul Generation's Super Fine off their debut album Beyond Body & Soul. Colour me disconnected but the Soul Generation were a group I was unfamiliar with till pretty damn recently and it was only after I heard the album that I bothered delving into their history. It appears that the group were actually pretty big around the time of their debut in 1972, scoring a hit with the track Body & Soul along with a number of follow ups. Still, better late to the party than missing it altogether I suppose and I am now heavily into the band's sound which offers the kind of sweet soul vocals that reach straight into the heart alongside a more funky sound than many of their contemporaries. The track Super Fine features that lovely mix of horns and strings so prominent in early seventies east coast soul alongside swooping vocals. What really sets it apart for me though is the earthy desire and longing emanating from the track; these guys don't just want to woo the woman, this is as much for the bedroom as the heart. Awesome awesome song. Sweet Thing offers a more falsetto, less sexualised, soul vibe but with the same lovely mixture of sweet production and hooks full of horns and soft strings. To be honest this is an album where the temptation to post up the whole thing for your ears is only tempered by my eagerness for you to go out and get your own copy. Beyond body and soul indeed.